Full Freeview on the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmitter which serves 94,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) mast?
Midhurst transmitter - Midhurst transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Midhurst (West Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Midhurst transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Midhurst (West Sussex, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Midhurst transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 51km west-southwest (256°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 41km west-southwest (248°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Midhurst (West Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 16 Oct 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C33 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C35 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C54tv_off | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C56tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C58tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
| C59tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ||||||
| C61 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C62 | SDN | ||||||||
| C68 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 29 Feb 12 and 14 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux C* | (-16dB) 2.5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 2kW | |
| Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Midhurst transmitter area
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Sunday, 11 March 2012
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jb388:53 PM
Martin: Although on-site reception reports (which I welcome) are always useful in building up a picture of what like things are like in certain area's, a fact that must always be remembered is that when in an iffy area for reception such as applies all around Liphook and district, is that the signal strengths received at a given spot can be found to vary quite widely even over a few yards or so, let alone at the up to three miles or so away such as is indicated exists between yourself and Darren.
As I am unaware of your exact location I carried out a check using a test code on Greathams post office and which revealed the area as being slightly worse for reception than Liphook, with an element of this still applying after switchover, and its because of this fact that I feel you are in effect "getting away" with the aerial system you are using, as its almost certain that you wouldn't if in a slightly better signal area, this even allowing for the slightly misleading gain figures claimed for aerials such as the DAT45, and indeed a number of others due to the fact that the figures are mostly obtained when under a strictly controlled test situation, this never at any time being replicated in practice hence are very much lower.
Signal overloading problems is nothing new, as its something almost guaranteed to be experienced by a handful of people in practically every area in the UK where high powered switchover has taken place at the main transmitting station that serves them.
I will agree with your comment regarding the 8000T though, at least for the time being.
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jb389:07 PM
Darren Ellis: Regarding the set top, yes, I would be interested to know the result, but keep me posted with regards to events after the 14th when a re-tuning event takes place as well as ITV powering up and changing its transmission mode, although its April 25th before ArqB (Mux Ch50) powers up and with a break until the next event takes place on Oct 4th.
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jb389:11 PM
Darren Ellis: Sorry, should have said, a not as yet published date in October and not the 4th.
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Monday, 12 March 2012
MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 16:22 on 08 Mar to 16:26 on 08 Mar BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb [BBC]
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MIDHURST transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 16:22 on 08 Mar to 16:26 on 08 Mar BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 02:07 on 29 Feb [BBC]
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Dr T J Purnell10:34 PM
Petworth
Sir/Madam,
Midhurst Transmitter
can you please tell me if we will be able to receive 'Group D horizontal' stations such as Yesterday and Film 4 after the switchover and increased power on March 14. I cannot find this info on your website.
My postcode is GU28 0RA
Dr T J Purnell
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Dr's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
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Mark Fletcher12:43 AM
Halifax
Dr T J Purnell.Petworth,GU28 0RA.Hopefully you should still be able to (just initially) receive the group C/D horizontally polarised ArqB multiplex i believe you're referring to come the early hours of tomorrow morning Wednesday 14 March 2012 when the four remaining analogue stations BBC1,ITV1,Channel's 4 & 5 are forever switched off and the 20kw higher powered DSO2 signals on D3+4,BBCB (HD) and SDN are switched on.BBCA (20kw) already switched on Wednesday 29 February 2012.However if you look carefully above "After switchover frequency notes" it states that ArqA will until further notice be reactive power restricted to 5kw "if required",while ArqB will until further notice be restricted to 1kw.I believe this until further notice could last up to the early hours of Wednesday 27 June 2012 as some South/South East England main transmitters and their dependent relays are either already fully switched,Hannington just recently,(some with restrictions such as the commercial multiplexes at both Sudbury and Oxford presently),in the process of going fully digital Midhurst tomorrow (Wed 14 Mar 2012) and Rowridge (on Wed 21 March 2012),or soon to switch such as Crystal Palace (Wed 4/18 Apr 2012),Heathfield (Wed 30 May/13 Jun 2012) and both Bluebell Hill and Dover main transmitters at the same time (Wed 13/27 Jun 2012).
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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KMJ,Derby8:38 AM
Dr T J Purnell: Further to what Mark Fletcher posted above, At present MuxD/ArqB shares a frequency with Whitehawk Hill, which is likely to block reception of this mux at your location. From Wednesday 14th March 2012 the frequency of ArqB will be C50 from Midhurst. The Digital UK postcode checker predicts that you will then have good reception of this mux, although the power will be low at 1kW initially you are not very far away from the Midhurst transmitter.
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